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title: "Juventus battle West Ham for Batshuayi, Nkoudou"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/06/20/juventus-battle-west-ham-batshuayi-nkoudou/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-06-20T14:03:07Z"
modified: "2016-06-20T14:13:21Z"
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# Juventus battle West Ham for Batshuayi, Nkoudou

According to [Sport24](https://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/transferts/actualites/la-juve-dresse-un-pont-en-or-a-batshuayi-et-nkoudou-810709), Juventus are readying moves for Michy Batshuayi and Georges-Kévin Nkoudou this summer, both thought to be targets for West Ham.

The report says that Juventus are ready to spend around £45m on the Marseille pair as they look to strengthen their squad for the upcoming Serie A season.

With Alvaro Morata and Simone Zaza both potentially off to pastures new, Juventus are in the market for a striker and Batshuayi fits the bill. The 26-year-old has scored 26 Ligue 1 goals in two seasons for Marseille, which has attracted interest from a number of clubs, including West Ham.

![batshuayi-cropped_1q74ejrunnbc71emfootgtwodk](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/05/batshuayi-cropped_1q74ejrunnbc71emfootgtwodk-1024x576.jpg)

Nkoudou is also thought to be a summer target for Slaven Bilic, but Juventus are very keen on him too. The 21-year-old winger played 38 games last season, scoring five and setting up ten.

Both players would have been fantastic additions for West Ham, but it seems as though Juventus are a pace ahead in the race.